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with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on February 12, 2012. – Reuters

Iranian-Palestinian Ties Lose Grounds

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 2, 2017 | Features

Ramallah – Iran has always bragged about providing different Palestinian resistance forces with unlimited and unconditional support; it has claimed that the Palestinian Cause is a priority to build relations with other parties. These claims justify Tehran’s cold...

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) speaks with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal during a meeting in Tehran May 27, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer

Syria Crisis Deepens Dispute between Iran, Hamas

by Adil Alsalmi | Dec 22, 2016 | Middle East

London- Despite rumors of attempts to overcome tense relations between Iran and hamas, MP Hashmatullah Flahat Bisha has revealed that conflicts between the two sides are actually deepening— as he disclosed Iranian discontent with the wavering stances announced by...

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Smoke rises in Egypt’s North Sinai as seen from the border of southern Gaza Strip with Egypt July 1, 2015. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

ISIS in Sinai Prohibits Arms, Commodity Transport to Hamas

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 19, 2016 | Middle East

Sinai- Palestinian sources told Asharq al-Awsat that ISIS in Sinai has been prohibiting, for two weeks, traders of Rafah from bringing commodities into Gaza Strip after Hamas had stopped its coordination with the organization and arrested hundreds of its supporters....

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had earlier accused Hamas of running a ‘parallel government’ in Gaza -Reuters

Palestine: Abbas and Battle of Succession

by Kifah Ziboun | Dec 11, 2016 | Features

Ramallah – The seventh Congress of Fatah which concluded this week was highly important for Mahmoud Abbas, it represented a multi-front battle and a fruitful investment for him. However, most importantly, this congress has established for a new phase that will...

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An Egyptian soldier keeps watch at the closed Rafah border crossing, between southern Gaza Strip and Egypt. Photo: Reuters

Hamas Arrests Hundreds of Extremists In Gaza

by Kifah Ziboun | Dec 11, 2016 | Middle East

Ramallah – Hamas is launching one of its largest campaigns against extremist movements in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian party has arrested in the past few weeks around 350 members of extremist movements, while it was still chasing others in an attempt to stop...